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telnet.1: update state of the art on Single DES encryption
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alarixnia committed Apr 16, 2022
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.\" $NetBSD: telnet.1,v 1.36 2018/12/15 22:17:02 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: telnet.1,v 1.37 2022/04/16 09:53:13 nia Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
.\" from: @(#)telnet.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 2/3/94
.\"
.Dd December 16, 2018
.Dd April 16, 2022
.Dt TELNET 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Dv TELNET ENCRYPT
option.
.Pp
Note: Because of export controls, the
.Dv TELNET ENCRYPT
option is not supported outside of the United States and Canada.
.Bf -symbolic
Note: By modern standards the encryption provided by
.Nm
is weak and insecure.
.Ef
This option is provided for compatibility.
.Pp
Valid arguments for the encrypt command are:
.Bl -tag -width Ar
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output (input) stream should be enabled as soon as
possible.
.Pp
Note: Because of export controls, the
.Dv TELNET ENCRYPT
option is not supported outside the United States and Canada.
.Bf -symbolic
Note: By modern standards the encryption provided by
.Nm
is weak and insecure.
.Ef
This option is provided for compatibility.
.It Ic autologin
If the remote side supports the
.Dv TELNET AUTHENTICATION
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